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Dark sides of professional life that nobody tells you

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Created: Jan 18, 2018, 16:57 IST

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The temptations of starting one's professional life is so great that a lot of people grab a job offer the moment they get one. We imagine an ideal office environment where work is always fun and colleagues are always kind. In fact, we start our first job with a lot of expectations but sooner or later, we realise that many things we believed earlier were just figments of our youthful imagination. Here are a few dark sides of professional life that you only realise once you start working…
Your good performance can create issuesWhen you are a high-performing employee, your colleagues start getting jealous of you. You tend to get cold shoulders from your so-called peers for being good at what you do. But on the other hand, if you are a little sluggish, your manager won’t take a second to point that out. Further, if you manage to complete your work before the deadline, you might be burdened with extra work.

Only company’s interest mattersHere’s the harsh truth: It is only and only the interest of the company that matters at the end of the day. You would be expected to produce outputs (and profits) for the company and your individual growth might not be anyone’s area of concern. Nobody might appreciate you when you work for extra hours in office, but you will be reminded of the company’s policies if you leave a few hours early one day.

Money mattersAfter slogging for years in the professional world and getting over that ‘enthusiastic’ phase, you might realise that you are working just for the sake of money. Your car’s EMIs, house rent, medical expenses, and countless other expenditures are forcing you to keep earning. In fact, many take up new jobs just keeping the pay package in mind, and not their skill sets. Ask yourself honestly, would you continue doing the same job if somebody (let’s imagine an angel!) credits a good amount in your account every month without expecting anything in return?

Office politics exist everywhereNo matter how much you try to ignore or escape, but politics is an indispensable part of every workplace. People try to pull you down for no good reason and talk things to tarnish your image. You need to learn the rules of the game and safeguard your own position.

You might feel cheated

You might face instances where others will be given the credit for the work you have done, or you might not get promoted even though you deserved it. You might feel bogged down when your seniors would favour those who flatter them, or when your performance is not appreciated.

You might live life only on weekends

If you don’t love what you do, weekends would become a luxury for you. You would start eagerly for the week to end, and make plans of all the things you can do on those two precious days. Your Sunday nights would be full of nightmares and we don’t need to say what Monday mornings feel like in office. You will soon realise that you are living a stress-free and happy life only on weekends.

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